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making one's hand

making one's hand is the present participle and gerund of make one's hand.

Meaning of make one's hand

Verb

make one's hand (third-person singular simple present makes one's hand, present participle making one's hand, simple past and past participle made one's hand)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To gain advantage or profit.
    • I have lately written to you, I would not advise you to wade any further in these maters, for it is to be thought that the French king indendeth to make his hand by favoring you in the attaining to the said marriage; which when he shall perceive that by your means he cannot get such things as he...1515, Cardinal Wolsey, Letter from Cardinal Wolsey to the Duke of Suffolk

Questions about making one's hand

What is making one's hand the present participle and gerund of?
Making one's hand is the present participle and gerund of make one's hand.

Words near making one's hand in the dictionary

  1. making one's bed and lying in it
  2. making one's bones
  3. making one's bow
  4. making one's entrance
  5. making one's exit
  6. making one's hand
  7. making one's manners
  8. making one's mark
  9. making one's number
  10. making one's own
  11. making one's own luck

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